Page 715 of One More Kiss

They knew my skills and exploited them. They planted a seed of poisonous revenge inside me and manipulated it. I’d become so crazed with the idea of payback, it weakened me and rendered me pliable.

Gullible.

They used me and turned me into a fool. Pitched me into a cycle of self-destruction beginning with my own self-loathing.

And now they had to pay.

I passed their test. As far as they knew anyway. We’d leave this pod bound by silence until we made it in.

Then, and only then, we would draw power from The Scorpio Society and we would not just get payback. We would eradicate every last rotten member from the society. We’d strip them of everything they loved and held dear as we did it.

We’d leave them empty, whimpering barren souls.

And even if I was the only one willing to do it…I’d shed blood.

If they were hoping to turn me into their puppet, they were so very wrong.

They’d pushed too hard, too far, and overplayed their hand turning me into one wicked liability.

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